Clip for fountain-pens, &amp;c.



J. BLAIR.

CLIP FOR FOUNTAIN PENS, 6:0.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1a, 1908.

909862. Patented Jan. 19. 1909.

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WITNESSES INVENTO/f JOHN BLAIR, ozr NEW YORK, a. Y.

' CLIP FOR FOUNTAIN-PENS, 80c

fiiprecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

a arent) mm May 18, 1908. Serial No. 433,417.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN BLAIR, a citizen of the United States, residingat New York city, Brooklyn, county of Kings, Stal s of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Clips for Fountain-Pens andSimilar Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a clip adapted to engage a fountain pen orsimilar article, and to secure the same, in a. convenient and reliablemanner, to the pocket of the wearer.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a side view of my improvedclip, showing it in engagement with a fountain pen; Fig. 2 a top view ofFig. 1; Fig. 3 a front View of the clip, and Fig. t a side view of theclip, showing it in use.

The clip is composed of a continuous length of wire bent to form an openloop and a finger integral with the loop. As shown, the wire is firstbent-into circular form, as at 10, to form a single open loop, the endsof which are spaced as at 11. The two opposed ends of circularwire-section '10 are then bent downwards as at 12, to

form the two shanks of an integral U-shaped finger which joins the loopat in acute angle, (Fig. 1). The finger wire-secti as 12 are thus alsospaced on top, while hey are bent towards each other at the bottom andare here surrounded by a tubular sleeve 13. endless and the loop-sectionthereof is readily expansible to tightly grasp articles In this way theentire clip is made finger-section will be bent outward.

of different diameters. The finger-sec ion of the clip is convex, as at1%, to form. a. hearing.

In use, 'the loop-section of the clip is slipped over a fountain pen orsimilar article 15, and then the latter is placed into the pocket of agarment 1G, in such a way that the finger-section of the clip projectsoutwardly from the pocket and bears with its convexity against thefront' llap 17 thereof; During this manipulation, the (full lines Fig.l), to an extent corres 'ionding to the thickness of the cloth, so thatin this way the Loop-section of the clip will be tightened around thefountain pen to securely hold it in position. An upward pull on thefountain pen and clip will readily disengage the latter from thegarment, so that the device may be readily withdrawn.

I claim:

A device of the character described, comprising an endless wire forminga single loop having opposed spaced ends, and a Ushaped convex finger,the two shanks of which join the two spaced loop-ends at an acute angleto the loop, substantially as specified.

Signed by me at New York city, (Manhattam) N. Y., this 16th day of May,1908.

JOHN BLAIR.

lVitnesses:

W. R. SoHULz, AUGUST MINER.

